The Pirates! In an Adventure with Scientists

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Hardcover
2004
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1837: the Victorian Era approaches and the golden age of piracy draws to a close. Worried that his pirates are getting bored with a life of winking at pretty native ladies, sitting about on tropical beaches, and trying to stick enough jellyfish together to make a bouncy castle, the Pirate Captain decides it's time they had an adventure. A chance encounter with the young Charles Darwin - embarked upon the voyage of discovery that will one day make him famous - leads the Captain and his rag-tag crew from the exotic Galapagos Islands to the fog filled streets of Victorian London, where they encounter grisly murder, vanishing ladies, a diabolical Bishop, the Elephant Man, and have an exciting trip to the zoo. THE PIRATES! is a rollicking read: uproariously funny, unexplainably daft, gently knowing and insightful - one of the very few books to deal with the weighty issues of science versus religion, whilst at the same time featuring a lot of roaring and running people through.

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1837: the Victorian Era approaches and the golden age of piracy draws to a close. Worried that his pirates are getting bored with a life of winking at pretty native ladies, sitting about on tropical beaches, and trying to stick enough jellyfish together to make a bouncy castle, the Pirate Captain decides it's time they had an adventure. A chance encounter with the young Charles Darwin - embarked upon the voyage of discovery that will one day make him famous - leads the Captain and his rag-tag crew from the exotic Galapagos Islands to the fog filled streets of Victorian London, where they encounter grisly murder, vanishing ladies, a diabolical Bishop, the Elephant Man, and have an exciting trip to the zoo. THE PIRATES! is a rollicking read: uproariously funny, unexplainably daft, gently knowing and insightful - one of the very few books to deal with the weighty issues of science versus religion, whilst at the same time featuring a lot of roaring and running people through.

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Format: Hardcover
Pages: 144
Edition: First Edition
Publisher: w&n
Published: 26 Aug 2004
ISBN 10: 0297848852
ISBN 13: 9780297848851
Book Overview: It's an unputdownable novel that pretends it's a children's story, but will appeal to anyone from 10-75. Advance praise from Ben Schott: 'A timber-shivering adventure that speaks to the pirate in all of us' Will appeal to fans of silly humour for smart people: 'Blackadder'; Austin Powers, BUNNY SUICIDES as well as the many readers of BORED OF THE RINGS and BARRY TROTTER. 'A short, deliriously funny novel about incredibly stupid pirates and ham, which will hopefully signal the demise of long, unfunny novels set on land. I've had to grow a luxuriant beard to conceal the grin that's been comprimising my dignity since I read it.' Ardal O'Hanlon 'Hilarious. Destined to become a classic of Pirate comic fiction.' Eric Idle

Media Reviews

'very funny, very silly and highly original.' ESQUIRE (August 2004) 'deeply funny...This book has cult smash tattooed all over it.' -- Ashley Davies THE LIST (19.8.04) 'A riotous read.' -- Sam Wostear SUN (3.9.04) 'reads like a cross between My First Pirate Adventure Story and a particularly funny episode of Blackadder.' -- Sarah Tierney CITY LIFE (Manchester, 2.9.04) '[A] very silly book...The astute reader will have understood by now that pirates are involved. But there are also scientists. And damsels in distress. And an evil genius.' -- Nick Chang FOCUS (November 2004) 'a completely insane story.' FLIPSIDE (October 2005) **** 'This charming, original tale will grip you from the first paragraph, and will have you chickling over the pages.' EVENING EXPRESS (ABERDEEN) 17.9.05

Author Bio

Gideon Defoe Way is rumoured to be directly related to Daniel Defoe. He was born in 1976 and wrote this book about pirates to impress a girl.